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Artists in New Orleans and Cuba are exploring their shared heritage and similar sounds, and bringing high school musicians from both places together in a funky cultural exchange.

The California attorney general has filed manslaughter charges against a Los Angeles police officer who was off duty when he fatally shot a mentally ill man who was shopping with his parents in 2019.

Emmy Award-Winning Spanish Guitar and Dance Spectacular! It’s one hot night as Benise, “The Prince of Spanish Guitar,” and his Emmy Award winning production come to town as part of his global tour. Armed with his Spanish guitar, Benise will take the audience on an unprecedented and epic adventure through Spanish Flamenco, Cuban Salsa, Brazilian Samba, Parisian Waltz, exotic drumming, and more! WHEN | Friday, January 6, 2023 TIME | 8 p.m. VENUE | Balboa Theatre ADMISSION | Purchase tickets here Prices ranging from $49-$296 SOCIALS: Roni Benise: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram Balboa Theatre: Facebook | Twitter | Instagram

Come to San Diego, California and enjoy the BIG Salsa Festival in the west coast! BIG Salsa Festival San Diego is a four day Latin event featuring some of the greatest names in performing arts and music! Each day is packed with dance classes, amazing performances, live band concerts, and Latin dance parties into the early morning hours. Once you experience BIG Salsa Festival, it will surely become one of the premier events your look forward to every year. If you've always wanted to learn how to dance, this is the perfect beginning. If you are looking to improve and advance your techniques, BIG San Diego offers classes for beginners, challenges for the advanced, and everything in between. Come learn from the best the world and our local community has to offer and enjoy The BIG Salsa Festival San Diego. Date: Jan. 14th-17th, 2022 Times: 7:00pm-4:00am Location: Marriott Mission Valley Cost: $50-$225 For more information on this event and ticket purchases please visit HERE!

Saturday, April 12, 2025 at 3 p.m. on KPBS TV / Stream now with the PBS app. The Garza family invites Pati to a once-a-year tradition at their vineyard when they open the doors to the whole community to help make Piloncillo, the traditional way. Then we're off to the oasis of Nuevo Leon, the lush Bustamante magic town, where we meet three sisters who own a famous panaderia and make us bread in adobe ovens. Oh, and pizza too!

A music festival in Caracas, Venezuela is building momentum for renewed creativity and expression in the country, amidst an ongoing political crisis.

This festival from local contemporary movement arts organization Disco Riot will feature artists whom identify as part of the queer, trans and gender-nonconforming dance community in San Diego and beyond. Queer Mvmnt Fest will empower and showcase LGBTQ+ artists from all backgrounds through performance, workshops, discussions, and classes geared for affinity groups as well as open to the general public. The festival will further highlight the work of BIPOC artists within the LGBTQ+ community, examining and centering the need for addressing inequity through an intersectional lens. This festival is the first of many actions towards representation and celebration of queer and BIPOC dance artists in the San Diego community. For the day-by-day schedule of performances, workshops and more, go here. For location details, scroll to the bottom of this page. Friday, Jun. 24: 4:30 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Film screenings 5:30 p.m.: at City Heights Annex: Panel discussion, facilitated by José Héctor Cadena, about portrayals of dance in film. 6 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Film screenings (repeat of 4:30 p.m.) 7:30 p.m. at Art Produce: Queer partner salsa dance lesson with Michelle Morales 8:30 p.m. at Art Produce: Opening garden party Saturday, Jun. 25: 10 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Xochii de la Noche 11:30 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Bernard Brown 6 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Performance, featuring Xochii De La Noche, Avery Polster, Anna Brown Massey, Victor De La Fuente, Jasmyn Hamblin, and Jay Carlon. *note: minors in attendance must be accompanied by an adult. This production contains partial nudity 7 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Panel discussion, facilitated by José Héctor Cadena, on the body as a canvas 8 p.m. at City Heights Annex: Performance (repeat of 6 p.m.) Sunday, Jun. 26: 10 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Mirrored Fatality 11:30 a.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Avery Polster 12 p.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Jay Carlon 2 p.m. at BalletCenter Studios: Workshop with Marty Dorado 4 p.m. at Tenth Ave. Arts Center: Performance featuring Guillermo Castro, Lavina Rich, Sebastian Eusebio Arredondo, Tylor Bradshaw, Sara Celaya, Alyssa Rose, Sol Dela Rosa, Bernard Brown, and featuring special guest performance by James Gilmer of Alvin Ailey 5:15 at Tenth Ave. Arts Center: Panel discussion facilitated by José Héctor Cadena on collaborative dance performances 7 p.m. at Tenth Ave. Arts Center: Performance (repeat of 4 p.m.) 9 p.m. at Urban Mo's: Closing Party Monday, Jun. 27 (Youth and Family Night) 4:30 p.m. at the Mingei: Youth and family workshop with Alyssa Rose 6 p.m. at the Mingei: Performances and films that highlight LGBTQ+ youth 7:30 p.m. at the Mingei: Panel discussion and info session Related links: Disco Riot on Instagram Disco Riot on Facebook Festival tickets and details Location information: City Heights Annex: 3795 Fairmount Ave, San Diego, CA 92105 Art Produce: 3139 University Ave, San Diego, CA 92104 Tenth Avenue Arts Center: 930 Tenth Ave, San Diego, CA 92101 BalletCenter Studios: 246 W Washington St, San Diego, CA 92103 Urban MO's: 308 University Ave., San Diego, CA 92103 The Mingei: 1439 El Prado, San Diego, CA 92101

Join us for this month's Chefcitos class where we will be creating some delicious tacos using seasonal ingredients from our very own gardens here at Olivewood. We can't have a taco party without homemade guacamole and salsa too! Chefcitos (ages 5-14) are encouraged to sign up for a fun Saturday morning with recipes they can take home and share with their families! When: Saturday, July 9 at 10 a.m. Where: Olivewood Gardens and Learning Center Price: $10 to $20 Age: 5 to 14 years old Click here to learn more!

Christmas is the tamale season for many families. One mom from the extended KPBS family tells us how she makes them.

Sal Khan, a pioneer of online learning, says virtual instruction can't replace the real thing. With many schools going virtual this fall, he says building in one-on-one interaction will go a long way.